WSR 15-12-027

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 26, 2015, 12:23 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Creating new sections to Title 484 WAC, Washington state department of veterans affairs (WDVA), to define the veteran owned business certification program.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 43.60A.190 - 43.60A.200.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: RCW 43.60A.195 provides WDVA with the authority to create rules for the veteran owned business program. The goal of the rules is to define eligibility for certification and the certification process.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting WDVA, Heidi Audette, P.O. Box 41150, Olympia, WA 98504, heidia@dva.wa.gov, (360) 725-1254, 1-800-562-0132 option 1.

May 26, 2015

Heidi Audette

Communications and

Legislative Director